Triton XIV, Lot: 33. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 8.57 g, 8h). Struck under Gelon, circa 485-480 BC. Horseman riding right / Head of Arethusa left, wearing pearl diadem and necklace; three dolphins and retrograde ΣVRAKO-ΣI-ON around. Boehringer series IV, 52 (V46/R67); SNG ANS 11 var. (ethnic; same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 17 (same dies); Pozzi 567 (same dies); Traité I 2279 (same dies). VF, attractive old toning, light scratches under tone.

From the R.D. Frederick Collection.